This is an introductory course to gender studies and literature. This semester, we shall focus on how the real interpersonal gender relationships are greatly changed after the rise of digital social media websites. And how the virtual/ real society is no longer easily distinguishable?

Week 1     2/26        Fall 2024 final returned; relevant social issues: The Struggle to End Gendered Violence and Violence Against Women; digital media algorithm

Week 2     3/05        Thelma and Louise 《末路狂花》watching and discussing

Week 3    3/12         A Girl From Mogadishu《血淚控訴》（FGM female genital mutilation）watching and discussing

Week 4    3/19         Unit IV: Gender and Work in the Global Economy; Introduction

Week 5    3/26         Gender and Work in Taiwan; Out/Marriage 《失婚記》watching and discussing

Week 6    4/02         Racialized, Gendered, and Sexualized Labor in the Global Economy

Week 7    4/09         The Danish Girl 《丹麥女孩》watching and discussing

Week 8    4/16         YouTube relevant short film clips sharing (provided by students)

Week 9    4/23         mid-term essays due (1or 2); YouTube relevant short film clips sharing (provided by students)

Week 10   4/30        YouTube relevant short film clips sharing (provided by students)

Week 11   5/07        Unit V: Historical and Contemporary Feminist Social Movements
Week 12   5/14        Sufferagette watching and discussing

Week 13  5/21          Billy Elliot 《舞動人生》watching and discussing
Week 14  5/28          Celle que vous croyez 《別問我是誰》（網戀）watching and discussing
Week 15  6/04          Her 《雲端情人》watching and discussing

Week 16  6/11         final (exam)

Online open textbook:  Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies (U Massachusetts Amherst Libraries, 2017) (Open Textbook) 下載網址 https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks)

1. Classroom discussion and Attendance (max. 3 absences) 25%.
2. Short essays on films: 45% (Around 500 words each. 15%x3; Extra papers would earn bonus points.)
3. final exam 30%.
4. If you want to convent my final grade to letter grade, the following is the conversion chart American Universities usually adopt: A⁺≒over 95, A≒ over 90, A^-≒ 85-89; B⁺≒ 80-84, B= 75-79, B^-≒ 70-74; C≒ below 70; D≒below 65, F≒ fail.